497: Switching battles

Looking at the North Domain Star Palace thousands of light-years away, Chen De had a faint, ominous premonition in his heart.

He felt that this trip might not be as smooth as he had imagined.

This premonition was an ability Chen De had gained after merging with his Innate Talent.

It seemed these innate existences were born with a certain perception of the future and unknown dangers.

In other words, if he felt it wasn't simple, then the North Domain Star Palace truly might not be so simple.

After some thought, Chen De decided to quietly sneak in by himself first to take a look.

Intuitively, he feared that a direct frontal assault wouldn't end well for him.

Thus, Chen De relied on his ability to influence others to convert a Heavenly Imperial Realm expert from the North Domain Star Palace who was stationed on a nearby life planet.

He had the man move toward him of his own accord, and once he reached a certain distance, Chen De performed a Holy Descent upon him.

Using this Saint's body, Chen De concealed his aura and approached the headquarters of the North Domain Star Palace at extreme speed.

Upon reaching a certain distance, Chen De heard a system notification.

"Ding, ahead at... an Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation has appeared..."

As soon as Chen De heard this sound, his speed immediately slowed down.

This was... Chang Qi had arrived.

Chen De had heard that Chang Qi and Qin Lie knew each other when they were young.

Could it be that because of their friendship in their youth, he had specifically come to persuade Qin Lie to surrender?

The Grand Elder is really... so touching!

Of course, Chen De also knew that this was fundamentally impossible.

From what Chen De had seen when he last met Chang Qi, the man didn't look like someone who would intervene.

So there was another possibility: Qin Lie, the Palace Master of the North Domain Star Palace, had broken through to the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation.

This old fellow sure hides things deep!

Chen De thought about it and still decided to sneak in and take a look first.

Since he was already here, he would feel somewhat unwilling if he didn't personally take a tour, so he might as well check it out.

Converting Qin Lie was likely a lost cause, so Chen De's plan needed adjustment; he would go and destroy Heartless Hall first.

He hoped the attribute points he'd gain then would help him break through to the Demon Venerable Realm Second Transformation.

Otherwise, Chen De would have to collect more 'donations' from his pious believers.

But as he said, since he was already here, how could he be satisfied without seeing it for himself?

Thus, Chen De took this Saint and entered the North Domain Star Palace headquarters together.

Once inside, he switched to a stronger Saint.

Not only that, but Chen De's system map detected three more Immortal Law Realm experts.

One was at the early stage of the Immortal Law Realm, one at the late stage, and one at the peak.

In other words, besides that Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert, there were three Immortal Law Realm First Transformation experts here.

What was going on?

How could there be so many Immortal Law Realm experts here?

Judging by the lineup alone, it was already fully comparable to the Zhengyuan Sect in its complete state.

After thinking for a moment, Chen De naturally guessed that these fellows must be plotting something against the Zhengyuan Sect.

He just hadn't expected the North Domain Star Palace's strength to be this formidable.

Soon, Chen De rushed to the location of those powerful figures, and as he approached again...

He quietly transformed into his original Formless State, merging with the environment.

Then, he focused his attention on that area.

By doing this, Chen De could know everything that was happening there... "Heartless Hall?"

Hearing the first target proposed by Qin Lie, Han Tian nodded. "That target is indeed not bad. Among the seven major forces, Heartless Hall's strength is neither high nor low; it is indeed very suitable as the target for our first move."

Qin Lie added, "Furthermore, Heartless Hall is near the border, and the only one bordering it is my North Domain Star Palace.

When we make our move, they will surely be isolated and without help, unable to receive aid from other forces.

With the combined strength of our two sides, we can almost certainly take them down."

Hearing Qin Lie's suggestion, Han Tian nodded in agreement; what Qin Lie said made a lot of sense.

If they attacked another force and couldn't resolve it quickly, they might end up fighting more than just one force by the end.

It might even provoke the Zhengyuan Sect to intervene, directly triggering an all-out war.

If that happened, they wouldn't be able to utilize their advantage of being in the dark while the enemy was in the light.

The best approach was to concentrate their forces and secretly pluck the feathers of the opposing forces one by one.

By the time they truly made their move, only the opponent would be left; fighting then would undoubtedly result in smaller losses and be much easier... After listening to the conversation between Qin Lie and Han Tian, Chen De understood.

The existence at the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation was not Qin Lie, but the Han Clan ancestor, Han Yan.

In fact, the Zhengyuan Sect had long known about the dealings between the North Domain Star Palace and the foreign races.

Even the Moyuan Sect had personally intervened to hijack their cargo several times.

For the Zhengyuan Sect, the behavior of these maggots crawling in the gutters was necessary.

Because they needed the Xichen Domain to be stable, but they also didn't want it to be *too* stable.

The North Domain Star Palace's behavior was perfect; its actions ensured it could never align with other forces.

The most critical point was that it was practically like an ATM; whenever the Moyuan Sect needed it, they could go and take a little to spend, and the Palace didn't dare say a word.

Other forces might make a big fuss, but that didn't apply to the North Domain Star Palace.

That was why the Zhengyuan Sect and the North Domain Star Palace had been able to appear so peaceful on the surface for so many years.

After obtaining this information, Chen De realized he had to step up his game.

They also wanted to deal with those top-tier human forces, but those forces had basically already been converted by Chen De.

If they were to see the current state within those forces now, wouldn't Chen De be exposed?

Therefore, he had to act as quickly as possible.

Not only that, but Chen De also heard that their first stop seemed to be Heartless Hall.

Damn it, if Heartless Hall is taken by them, then who will Chen De find to fight?

Where would he get attribute points from, and how would he break through to the Demon Venerable Realm Second Transformation?

Fortunately, they weren't set to depart immediately; after all, this was the first cooperation between the two sides, and they were aiming to destroy a top-tier human force.

If it wasn't done well, it would have a huge impact on subsequent cooperation and actions.

Therefore, no matter what, they would plan it out properly; they had just proposed a target for now.

But Chen De didn't plan on staying here any longer; he had to take down Heartless Hall before the foreign races and the North Domain Star Palace made their move.

So, he randomly left a little bit of black liquid here to serve as his 'divine ears'.

As for himself, he rushed back to the location of the light-piercing ship.

Although time was tight, Chen De still traveled at a low speed within a certain area to avoid being detected by that Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation expert from the Han Clan.

It wasn't until he was close to the light-piercing ship that he completely unleashed his speed.

Then he entered the ship and headed toward Heartless Hall at full speed.

In order not to waste time, Chen De didn't even convert the life planets on the way, which usually best reflected his compassion...